Leviticus 16:17:5Lev.16.17.W5TAB

בְּבֹא֛וֹ

bevooh

when he enters

Transliteration
be-vo-OH
Extended
beh-voh-OH
IPA
/bə.voˈʔoː/

Meaning by language

English
when he enters

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + בֹא֛ + וֹ
be + vo + oh
bevooh

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-vo-OH

  2. clause

    veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to

  3. sentence

    veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to veh-kih-PEHR ba-a-DO oo-be-AD BEI-to oo-be-AD khol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The temporal-purpose clause be-bo’o lə-khap-pēr ba-qō-ḏeš {בְּבֹאוֹ לְכַפֵּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ | bə-bā-ʾō lə-ḵap-pēr ba-qō-ḏeš} ‘when he enters to make atonement in the holy place’, with the infinitive construct lə-ḵap-pēr ‘to atone’, outlines the high priest’s ritual action.

In contextLeviticus 16:17

And no person shall be in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, and he shall make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:17, so the Hebrew word בְּבֹא֛וֹ (bevooh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.16.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.17.W5.S1) and character.